KR20080096412A - Information exchanging apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

An information exchanging apparatus is provided to permit easier information exchange, and permit easy coordination among a comparatively large number of people. An information exchanging apparatus capable of exchanging information with a plurality of outside apparatuses comprising: a first wireless communicator(2) including a telephone transmitter and telephone receiver for wireless telephone communication with one of the outside apparatuses; a second wireless communicator other than the first wireless communicator; a transmitter arranged to transmit original information to the plurality of outside apparatuses through the second wireless communicator; a processor arranged to process response information from the plurality of outside apparatuses to be received through the second wireless communicator in response to the original information; and a distributor arranged to distribute result information from the processor to the plurality of outside apparatuses through the second wireless communicator.

Description

Information exchange device {INFORMATION EXCHANGING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to an information exchange device by wireless communication.

Although a typical mobile phone is an information exchange device by wireless communication, various proposals have been made to exchange information other than a call by using the mobile phone. For example, according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-282983 (hereinafter referred to as Patent Document 1) or Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-49736 (hereinafter referred to as Patent Document 2), a market research system using a mobile phone is proposed. It is. In addition, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-23681 (hereinafter referred to as Patent Document 3) proposes a virtual rescue system using a mobile phone.

However, in a conventional information exchange device, since a cellular telephone line is charged, these functions are not generalized as functions that can be easily and sufficiently used as functions performed inside a cellular phone such as a game.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide an information exchange device that can exchange information more easily. Another object of the present invention is to provide an information exchange device in which a relatively large number of humans can easily cooperate.

In order to solve the above problems, the information exchange device according to the present invention is an information exchange device capable of exchanging information with a plurality of external devices, a telephone transmitter and a telephone for wireless telephone communication with one of the external devices A first wireless communication unit including a receiver; A second wireless communication unit other than the first wireless communication unit; A transmitter configured to transmit initial information to the plurality of external devices through the second wireless communication unit; A processing unit configured to process response information from the plurality of external devices received through the second wireless communication unit in response to the initial information; And a distribution unit configured to distribute the result information from the processing unit to the plurality of external devices via the second wireless communication unit.

Other features, elements, steps, advantages and characteristics of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a first example of a game device according to the embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment constitutes a mobile phone system, and includes a first mobile phone 2, a second mobile phone 4, a third mobile phone 6, and a fourth mobile phone 8. These are basically the same structure. In addition, although only four mobile phones are shown in FIG. 1 for the sake of simplicity, the embodiment of the present invention is a system on the premise of a plurality of mobile phones, for example, about 100 units having the same configuration in a near field communication area. We assume system by cell-phone.

The 1st mobile telephone 2 has the 1st control part 10 which consists of a computer which controls the whole mobile telephone, and controls the 1st telephone function part 14 etc. according to the operation of the 1st operation part 12. FIG. . The function of the first control unit 10 is executed by software stored in the storage unit 16. The storage unit 16 also temporarily stores various data necessary for the control of the first mobile phone 2 as a whole. Moreover, the 1st control part 10 controls the 1st display part 18, displays GUI (Graphical User Interface) which cooperates with operation of the 1st operation part 12, and displays the control result.

The GPS (Global Positioning System) unit 20 obtains the latitude, longitude, and altitude information, which are absolute position information of the first mobile phone 2, from the satellite or the closest broadcast station based on the GPS system, and obtains the first control unit 10. Send to). This absolute position information is displayed on the first display unit 18 together with a map under the control of the first control unit 10 and provided as navigation information.

The first game storage unit 22 stores data about a game that can be made by the first mobile phone 2. The data for these games is standardized and can be identified by ID. The game stored in the first game storage section 22 is not only a game played by the first mobile phone 2 alone but also a plurality of other mobile phones such as the second mobile phone 4 as described in detail below. The data for the game played in cooperation is stored. In addition, the first game storage unit 22 stores not only a game for entertainment, but also data for public opinion, information exchange, and the like as described in detail below. Such polls and information exchanges will also be referred to collectively as "games" in the following descriptions, and described as needed by dividing into "games", "polls", "information exchanges", and so forth. Therefore, unless specifically stated that the distinction is made, the term "game" includes not only "game" in consultation but also broadly "pollution", "information exchange" and the like, and the description is common to them. It shall point to the function that becomes.

The first cellular phone 2 can perform wireless communication via a telephone line including a normal call by the first telephone function unit 14 and the first telephone communication unit 24. The first mobile phone 2 is separately provided with a first local area communication unit 26 by a wireless local area network (LAN) or the like, and enables wireless communication with other mobile phones existing in the local area communication area. .

The first local area communication unit 26 is based on a standard without any problem in legal regulations. The communication right is limited, but no charge is incurred, such as a telephone line.

The first local area communication unit 26 transmits the absolute position information acquired by the GPS unit 20 to another mobile phone, in addition to communication of data for a game to be described later, and the other mobile phone acquires from the GPS unit. Absolute location information can be received. As a result, the first display unit 18 can display not only its own position but also the position of a person having another mobile phone on the same map, so that the relative relationship between the two can be confirmed on the map. The detail is described in patent application 2007-28393 etc. by the same applicant.

In addition, the first mobile phone 2 has a camera unit 28, which is capable of storing the photographed image in the storage unit 16, and the mobile phone having different images by the first telephone communication unit 24. Can be sent to

As described above, the second mobile phone 4, the third mobile phone 6, and the fourth mobile phone 8 have the same configuration as the first mobile phone 2, and in FIG. In order to avoid this problem, no symbols are used and explanations are omitted. In addition, in FIG. 1, illustration of the GPS part, the memory | storage part, and the camera part in the 2nd mobile telephone 4, the 3rd mobile telephone 6, and the 4th mobile telephone 8 is abbreviate | omitted.

Next, the cooperation between the first cellular phone 2 and another cellular phone will be described. Although description is centered on the first mobile phone, other mobile phones such as the second mobile phone 4 can be similarly used as the center of the function.

In FIG. 1, the first cellular phone 2 is, for example, in a normal telephone communication state with the second cellular phone 4, and wirelessly communicates between the first telephone communication unit 24 and the second telephone communication unit 30. This is done. In Fig. 1, the two are directly communicating, but as is well known, the cellular phone is based on infrastructure communication by a communication line, and in practice, the first telephone communication unit 24 and the second telephone communication unit ( 30 communicates with a telephone line via a base station.

1, the 1st mobile telephone 2 is carrying out ad hoc communication with the 3rd mobile telephone 6 and the 4th mobile telephone 8 as an example, respectively, and the 1st short-range communication part 26 and the 3rd, respectively, are carried out. Direct communication is performed between the local area communication unit 32 and the first local area communication unit 26 and the fourth local area communication unit 34. In addition, as described above, the first local area communication unit 26 is capable of direct communication with the local area communication unit of another mobile phone, for example, a plurality of local area communication zones from the first mobile phone 2. The same information can be sent to the mobile phone. On the other hand, for reception, information can be individually received from individual cellular phones by first-come-first-served or time zone assignment.

In addition, of course, the 1st telephone communication part 24 of the 1st mobile telephone 2 calls a 3rd mobile telephone 6 or the 4th mobile telephone 8, and is a 3rd telephone communication part or 4th telephone | phone. Wireless telephone connection is possible between communication units. On the other hand, the first local area communication unit 26 transmits the information to the second local area communication unit of the second mobile phone 4 simultaneously with the transmission to the local area communication unit of the third mobile phone 6 and the fourth mobile phone 8. This can be done, and individual reception of information from the second local area communication unit can also be performed.

As mentioned above, although the relationship with the other mobile telephone was demonstrated taking the function of the 1st mobile telephone 2 as an example, each of the 2nd mobile telephone 4, the 3rd mobile telephone 6, and the 4th mobile telephone 8 was described. Of course, the same function is also provided.

By the above function, the 1st mobile telephone 2, the 2nd mobile telephone 4, the 3rd mobile telephone 6, and the 4th mobile telephone 8 are as usual between each by a telephone communication part. The telephone can be used bilaterally, and the near field communication unit can enjoy a group game by cooperating with a plurality of mobile phones. Furthermore, it is possible to conduct a public opinion survey or the like by cooperating with a plurality of mobile phones.

FIG. 2 is an external appearance front view in a state where the first cellular phone 2 which is folded is opened, and the game is displayed on the first display unit 18 made of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) together with its main configuration. An example is shown. The first mobile phone 2 is capable of a normal phone call by the power key 52, the call key 54, the microphone 56, and the earphones (speakers) 58, and the camera unit 28 itself. Video call is also possible by lightening the face.

The 1st operation part 12 performs a GUI mainly by operating the display of the 1st display part 18 by the ten key 60 and the cross keys 62. As shown in FIG. In addition, the menu key 64 operates when exporting a menu for GUI.

In the first display unit 18 of FIG. 2, for example, a questionnaire game played in cooperation with each cell phone by 100 persons is displayed. In the questionnaire area 64, the third sentence, "You, Hawk? Questionnaire is displayed. With respect to this questionnaire, the owner himself of the first cellular phone 2 checks the check box of "open wave" by the operation of the first operation unit 12. Such a questionnaire can be transmitted from any of the 100 mobile phones participating in the game to all of the other mobile phones by the short range communication unit, but the explanation will proceed here as transmitted from the first mobile phone 2. In addition, in the following description, sending a game from another near field communication part to another mobile phone in this way is called "recommendation" of a game, and joining a game is called "participation" accordingly. In addition, the sender of a game is called "proper". In addition, the game which presupposes many participations in this way is called "100-player game" as a representative below.

In response to the call from the first cellular phone 2, the answer is transmitted from the participant to the first cellular phone 2 individually by the near field communication unit. In the counting area 66 of the first display unit 18, the count of the answers of all participants is displayed. The information of this counting result is also sent to all participants. Therefore, the entire participant can display the same information as that displayed on the first display unit 18 on the display unit of each cellular phone.

In addition, the display of the data of the aggregation area 66 can be switched in a "real-time display" mode and a "condition display" mode. The "real-time display" mode is a mode in which the answers gathered from each participant are counted in real time at an intermediate stage, and transmitted to each participant in real time. Thereby, the participant can know the movement of the other participant at any time, and can determine his or her reply with reference to this. This is appropriate when the survey is a popular vote.

On the other hand, in the "condition display" mode, when a certain condition is satisfied (for example, when the total number of answers reaches half of all participants, or for example, one of "open wave" and "cat wave" is the other side). When doubled or when a certain time elapses, the result is aggregated and transmitted, but the progress is hidden as long as the condition is not satisfied. This is suitable for the case where the response of another participant is read from the limited information and the answer is determined. When the "condition display" mode is set, the "open wave" and "cat wave" graphs of the counting area 66 are not updated unless the condition is satisfied, and the display made when the condition is satisfied last time is as it is. Continues. In addition, when setting in the "condition display" mode instead, the aggregate graph of the "open wave" and the "cat wave" of the counting area 66 is displayed for a predetermined time when the condition is satisfied, and the answer is in another time zone. Only the sum of the numbers may be displayed.

The above display mode has little significance in which way the questionnaire is set when the questionnaire is a simple questionnaire survey. However, if it was a tournament-style game rule that the minority of the final count would win and proceed to the next questionnaire, whether to see the other player's movements in real time or to read the other players' movements from the information of the pickling and pickling. Selection increases the fun of the game. In addition, if the rule can change the answer many times by watching the movement of other participants until the deadline, the setting of the display mode greatly affects the fun of the game.

For example, when "cat" was a minority in the middle count, if you win the game, you can change from "open" to "cat", but as other participants think the same thing, "cat" is the majority in the next count. It may be reversed. How to read other people's movements is similar to reading stock prices, and the game changes to whether you can see other participants' movements in real time, or whether you have to read the passages other than the ones that are in the box.

In addition, it is also possible to create a game in which a predetermined delay is given to the aggregation display in the "real-time display" mode and intentionally delays the information as the intermediate of the above two modes.

In addition, the game can not only participate in the answer as a player, but also "monitor participation" which only monitors the counting result. In this case, the "real-time display" mode and the "condition display" mode can be arbitrarily switched according to the rise of the monitor. On the other hand, when "player participation" is carried out, the degree of grasp of the movement of the other participant affects the movement of the response change, so in order to satisfy the conditions, which mode is used for all players is common.

3 shows an example of another game (for example, "local game") displayed on the first display unit 18 of the second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, the configuration of one of the cellular phones (for example, the fourth cellular phone 8) shown in FIG. 1 is fixed to a tourist spot or the like. In the case of this second embodiment, the fourth cellular phone 8 proposes an exchange of information on the tourist spot to all visitors who have entered the near field communication area, receives information from the participants therein, and provides aggregate data and the like. Its main function is to do it.

Although the fourth mobile phone 8 may be manually operated by a local administrator, the fourth mobile phone 8 may always automatically suggest information exchange and automate the information exchange with the participants. In this case, the fourth mobile phone 8 may be used as a mobile phone. An operation part, a 4th display part, a camera part, etc. may be abbreviate | omitted, and an external appearance may not be the shape of a normal mobile telephone. Moreover, since it is fixedly installed, you may abbreviate | omit a GPS part.

FIG. 3 shows the display of the first display unit 18 in the case where the owner of the first cellular phone 2 visits the locality in the second embodiment as described above, and the visitor in the questionnaire area 72. The attribute input field 74 of is installed. When the visitor thinks that there is no problem in privacy, the visitor operates the cross keys 62 and the like to check one of the check boxes of the attribute input field 74 provided for each address zone, gender, and age. These visitor attribution data are mainly for management reference of tourist spots. In the questionnaire area 72, the popular spot polling column 76 is further provided, and among the tourist spot numbers assigned on the map of the tourist spot, the number of the favorite tourist spot is input by the tenki 60 or the like.

In the information providing area 78 of the first display unit 18, a map 80 of the tourist spot is displayed, and a tourist spot number 82 is assigned on the map 80. The number input in the above-mentioned popular spot polling column 76 is performed based on either of the map 80 and the tourist spot number 82. In the example of FIG. 3, "3" is selected from the tourist spot numbers from "1" to "4", and is input into the popular spot vote column 76. FIG.

The popular spot numbers sent by each participant are counted in the fourth mobile phone 8, and the result is displayed in the size of the number of the popular spot numbers 82 according to the number of votes. In the example of FIG. 3, since the number of votes of the popular spot of "2" is the largest, the size is displayed largest, and since the number of votes of the popular spot of "3" is the smallest, the size is displayed smallest.

The information providing area 78 also displays the winning number 84 of the result of drawing the lottery for the lower three digits of the participant number issued to the participant in correspondence with the IP address of the questionnaire area information input provider. The participant can acquire the electronic coupon which can be used in the tourist spot by operating the coupon issuance request button 86 when his participant number corresponds to the display of the winning number 84.

Although not shown in FIG. 3, if the participant is interested, the result of counting the visitor attribute data input in the questionnaire area 72 may be received. The second embodiment described above is a simple example in which the game content includes information gathering required by the local party and provision of tourism information as an incentive for cooperation. It is also possible to improve the game.

4 shows an example of another game displayed on the first display unit 18 of the third embodiment of the present invention. In the first and second embodiments, the mobile phone in the communication range of the local area communication unit is limited. However, in the third embodiment, a wide area server is involved, and the communication rules by the local area communication unit are uniformly controlled. Together, the counting results are gathered by the Internet through the telephone communication department, and the results are aggregated again to enable the investigation of a wide area beyond the short-range communication rights. Game ".)

4 exemplifies a case where the street sample survey of the supporting party is conducted in this third embodiment. In addition, in the third embodiment, for example, the first mobile phone 2 under the control of the wide area server becomes the advocate, and transmits the promulgation of the wide area survey within the near field communication area. Specifically, the owner of the first mobile phone 2 is a support political party investigator, and goes out in front of a park or a station for street investigation, for example, and performs "game promotion" calling for cooperation to the street investigation to neighboring people. .

Although the 1st display part 18 of FIG. 4 is the display in the 1st mobile telephone 2 used as a holder, the same display is displayed on the display part of the cellular phone of the participant, such as the 2nd mobile telephone 4. As shown in FIG. In the questionnaire area 92 of the display unit, a support party check box 94 and an attribute input field 96 of the survey participant are provided. The survey participant checks one of the support party check boxes 94 by manipulating the cross keys 62 and the like, and checks the attribute input fields 96 set by gender and age, respectively, if the privacy is not a problem. Check one of the boxes.

The data entered by the participant is transmitted to the first short-range communication unit 26 of the first cellular phone 2 and collected by the first control unit 10 and then transmitted from the first telephone function unit 14 to the wide area server. do. The wide area server is integrating each investigator and receives the same short-range counting result from the investigator traveling in each street on the cellular phone line. The investigator's business location may be limited within the same city or within the same metropolitan area, or you may request sample surveys from all over the country. Such investigators are not limited to those who have fixed contracts with wide-area server administrators, and may be recruited locally at every survey.

A wide area server aggregates data from each researcher and produces wide area statistical data. This wide-area statistical data is analyzed by the wide-area server itself and distributed to each investigator on a mobile phone line. Each investigator who acquired this transmits wide area statistical data to a nearby participant by a near field communication unit. By the above, not only each investigator but also each participant can share wide area statistical data, and the survey result which oneself participated can know.

In the wide area statistical data column 98 in the first display unit 18 in FIG. 4, participants of the wide area survey are displayed as the parameter 100 by totalizing by age and gender. In addition, as a statistical result, the support party distribution graph 102 for each sex and the support party distribution graph 104 for each age are displayed.

As described above, according to the characteristics of the present invention, sampling investigation can be performed more efficiently than individual investigation by telephone in investigation of support party investigation, cabinet support rate, etc., and flexible and reliable by selection and arrangement of near field communication right. This high polling is possible. In addition, even in such a wide area type, it is possible to prepare a program with high gameability that does not remain in a simpler investigation as a study of contents.

5 and below are flowcharts showing the operation of the first control unit 10 in the first mobile phone 2 of FIG. 1, but are also commonly applied to other mobile phones below the second mobile phone 4. . In addition, although the flowchart of FIG. 5 or less is comprised so that it may correspond to any of the above-mentioned 1st Embodiment-3rd Embodiment, it demonstrates based on 1st Embodiment fundamentally, and suitably, 2nd Embodiment And the functions in the third embodiment.

5 is a game menu flowchart for entering a game, and the flowchart is started by operation of the menu key 64 of FIG. 2 or the like. When the flowchart is started, first, in step S2, it is checked whether or not there is a person who has another mobile phone in the short-range communication zone. If even one person has a near field communication right, the process proceeds to Step S4 to monitor all possible near field insides. This monitor is a process of attempting to exchange individual information for a predetermined time between mobile communication devices of individual communication rights in accordance with a predetermined traffic control process such as first-come-first-served basis.

When the monitor time in step S4 elapses, it progresses to step S6 and it is checked whether the number of the number of detected wounds is more than predetermined number (for example, 50). If there is more than a predetermined number of windings, the flow proceeds to step S8, where the detected number of windings is accumulated and the flow proceeds to step S10. In step S10, it is checked whether a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of accumulating the number of turns, and if it has not elapsed, the process returns to step S2. In the following, steps S2 to S10 are repeated until the lapse of a predetermined time, unless the near-range insider is not detected in step S2, or the predetermined number or more inside the inside of the step is not detected in step S6. In the meantime, the number of turns is accumulated every time step S8 is reached.

When it is detected in step S10 that a predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S12 to check whether the average of the accumulated number of wounds is a predetermined value or more. If the average value is higher than or equal to a predetermined value, since a certain number of communication subscribers are stably located around, it is considered that a game or investigation on the premise of a large number is possible, and the process goes to step S14 and is classified as a "100 player game". Is displayed in the menu. This display may be added to the normal game menu so as to be mixed, or the menu may be displayed by classifying only "100-player game".

Next, it is checked whether there is a "100 player game" being performed in step S16, and if it exists, it progresses to step S18 and menu-lists the list of "100 player game" currently in progress. Specifically, this display is a display of whether or not to change the color or mark of the game being listed in step S14. This indicates that it is possible for someone in the vicinity to make a suggestion and participate in a game that is different in color or has a mark. When this menu is displayed, an operation for designating a game and participating in it is enabled, and it is checked in step S20 whether the operation has been performed.

If there is no detection that such a participation selection operation has been performed within a predetermined time, the process proceeds to step S22. On the other hand, when it is not detected that there is a "100 player game" being performed in step S16, the flow proceeds directly to step S22. In step S22, it is checked whether there exists an operation of newly suggesting a game not currently proposed from the "100-player game" menu displayed in step S14. If the operation cannot be detected, the flow advances to step S24 to check whether there has been an operation for ending the display of the game menu.

When the game menu end operation is not detected in step S24, the process returns to step S2, and the steps S2 to S24 are repeated as long as there is no prescribed condition. In addition, the predetermined condition does not detect that the short-range insider is not detected in step S2, that the predetermined number or more of the insider is not detected in step S6, and that the average of the number of the insider accumulated in step S12 is not more than the predetermined. The game selection operation is detected in step S20, the game start windowing operation is detected in step S22, and the game menu end operation is detected in step S24.

On the other hand, if a game menu end operation is detected in step S24, the flow advances to step S26, and the flowchart ends after the game data update process is performed. The detail of the game data update process of step S26 is mentioned later.

In addition, when the participation selection operation of the game is detected in step S20, it progresses to step S28 and progresses to a game participation process. The detail of the game participation process of step S28 is mentioned later.

If a game start advocate operation is detected in step S22, the flow advances to step S30 to proceed to the game advocate process. The detail of the game deduction process of step S30 is mentioned later.

In addition, when the near-range insider is not detected in step S2, or when more than the predetermined number of insiders is detected in step S6, or when it is not detected that the average of the number of inside-up accumulated in step S12 is more than predetermined, Proceeding to step S32, the "100-player game" menu is hidden from the game menu display. Thereby, the selection of the "100 player game" becomes impossible and the user's confusion caused by displaying an unimplementable game menu is prevented.

Next, in step S34, it is checked whether the operation of selecting one of the normal games displayed in step S32 has been performed. If the operation is detected, the process proceeds to the normal game process of step S36. In this normal game process, a normal game as usual is implemented.

On the other hand, when the game selection operation is not detected in step S34, the flow advances to step S24, and when the game menu end operation is not detected, the flow returns to step S2. In this case, if the short-range insider is not detected in step S2, or more than a predetermined number of wounds are detected in step S6, or if it is not detected that the average of the number of wounds accumulated in step S12 is more than a predetermined time, it returns to step S32 again. In the following, steps S32 to S34 are repeated via any one of these.

If the short-range insider is detected after returning to step S2, the process proceeds to step S14 and the menu of "100-player game" is displayed. It is also possible to enter the loop.

As described above, in the flowchart of FIG. 5, the display is automatically displayed between the "100-player game" menu display in step S14 and the "100-player game" menu non-display in step S32 in accordance with the change of the condition during the iteration of the loop. It is switched.

In addition, in the case of the "local game" in the second embodiment of Fig. 3, from the configuration of the mobile phone fixedly installed in the local area (hereinafter referred to as the local fixed mobile phone), the presence or absence of a short-range communication zone is determined. Regardless, the game's suggestion is always sent automatically. In order to cope with this, the short-range communication zone detected in step S2 of the flowchart of FIG. 5 can be directly identified as a local fixed installation mobile phone. Thereby, when it enters the range which can carry out short-range communication with a local fixed installation mobile phone, even if it is only one person, it shows that "local game" is being performed, and it is possible to participate in this.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the details of the game participation process in step S28 of FIG. When the flowchart is started, first in step S42, the remaining time of the game is displayed. This shows the progress of the game you are trying to participate in.

Next, in step S44, it is checked whether a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the game. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process proceeds to step S46, and it is checked whether or not the operation for the player participation has been performed within the predetermined time. If this operation is not detected within a predetermined time, the process proceeds to step S48, where the participation in the monitor in the selected game is confirmed.

Next, it is checked whether the operation | movement which selects "condition display" was carried out within predetermined time in step S50. If this operation is not detected within the predetermined time, the flow advances to step S52 to determine the "real time display" mode, and the process proceeds to the game process of 100 in step S53. Details of the game process of 100 will be described later. After proceeding to step S46 in this manner, if nothing is operated until the predetermined time elapses, step S52 is automatically reached, and "monitor participation" in the "real time display" mode is determined. On the other hand, if it is detected in step S50 that the operation of selecting "condition display" has been within a predetermined time, the process proceeds to step S54, where the "condition display" mode is determined, and the process proceeds to 100 in step S53.

On the other hand, when it is detected in step S46 that the operation to participate in the player is made within a predetermined time, the flow advances to step S56 to check whether or not the operation to display the reference data has been performed within the predetermined time. If this operation is detected, the flow advances to step S58 to display the current number of participants. In step S60, data obtained by statistically processing the attributes of the participants is displayed, and the flow proceeds to step S62.

The above-mentioned reference data displayed in steps S58 and S60 affects the degree of interest in the game. In particular, in order to know them before the final decision is made, this is detected in step S56 by performing a data display operation. Reference data is displayed. On the other hand, if no operation is performed for a predetermined time after the player participation operation, step S62 is reached directly from step S56, and the reference data is not displayed. As such, when there is no particular interest, the complicated reference data display is automatically omitted.

In step S62, it is checked whether or not it has been performed within the operation predetermined time to agree with the display processing being performed. As described above, when "player participation" is performed, the degree of grasping of the movement of another participant affects the movement of the response change, so whether to use the "real-time display" mode or the "condition display" mode. The game is played in common among all players. And a person who participates later cannot participate in a different display mode. Therefore, if it is detected in step S62 that there is a motion operation, the flow proceeds to step S64 to force the display mode to be set.

Next, in step S66, it is checked whether or not the participant needs to provide attribute data such as gender, age, and the like to the game being played. If it is necessary to provide the attribute data, the flow advances to step S68 to check whether or not there has been an operation for agreeing to provide the attribute data within a predetermined time. Specifically, this operation corresponds to inputting attribute data by a check box or the like. If this input is within the predetermined time, the flow advances to step S70 to transmit the input attribute data to the producer. In this way, the player participation is confirmed in step S72, and the process proceeds to the game process of 100 in step S53.

If the game being played in step S66 is one of a kind that does not require the provision of attribute data, the process proceeds directly from step S66 to step S72, and the player participation is confirmed and the process proceeds to 100 in step S53.

On the other hand, when the predetermined time has already passed after the start of the game in step S44, the flow advances to step S74 to indicate that the player participation has already been closed and only the monitor participation can be performed. Upon seeing this, the participant who lost interest can perform the discontinuation operation. In step S76, the presence or absence of this participation stop operation is determined. If there is a participation stop operation within a predetermined time after the display in step S74, the flow advances to step S78 to cancel the participation in the game and end the flowchart.

If the participation stop operation is not performed within the predetermined time, the process proceeds to step S46. In this case, the player participation operation in step S46 becomes impossible, and it automatically proceeds to step S48 immediately to confirm monitor participation. In this way, when player participation is impossible, monitor participation is automatically determined if nothing is operated until the predetermined time elapses.

In addition, when it is not detected that operation of the display processing agreement operation during the execution in step S62 is detected within a predetermined time, the flow advances to step S78 to cancel the participation selection in the game. In this way, when the real-time display mode or the condition display mode is not in progress and interest in participating in the game is lost, a predetermined time elapses while the player is engaged. If you do nothing, your participation in the game is automatically canceled.

If it is not detected that the attribute data provision consent operation is performed within a predetermined time in step S68, the flow advances to step S78 to cancel the participation selection in the game. In this way, when privacy is not desired to provide the attribute data required for the game being played, participation in the game is automatically canceled if no operation is performed until a predetermined time elapses with the operation of player participation. .

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the details of the game making process in step S30 of FIG. 5. When the flowchart is started, first, in step S82, the general menu of the game that can be edited is displayed. Next, in step S84, it is checked whether the operation of selecting the display of the menu of the "wide game" is performed within a predetermined time. The data of such a "wide game" is distributed to the telephone communication unit of each mobile phone via the telephone line along with the rule, and stored in the game storage unit as planned on the wide area server side.

If it is detected in step S84 that there is a wide-range game menu selection operation, the flow proceeds to step S86, and the game menu is displayed together with each rule outline. The flowchart advances to step S88 with this display continued. On the other hand, when it is not detected that there has been a wide-range game menu selection operation in step S84, the flow proceeds directly to step S88.

In step S88, it is checked whether the operation of selecting one of the game menus displayed in step S82 or step S86 has been detected from the menu display within a predetermined time. When it is detected that the selection has been made, the process proceeds to step S90. On the other hand, when the menu selection operation is not detected within the predetermined time in step S88, it is determined that the existing game in the menu is unsatisfactory, and the flow proceeds to the original game making process in step S92, and the flow proceeds to step S90 as the end thereof. In addition, the detail of the original game making process of step S92 is mentioned later.

In step S90, the game is suggested by transmitting the ID of the selected game from the near field communication unit. In addition, when it reaches step S90 from the original game deduction process of step S92, the data of a game content is also transmitted with a game ID. In addition, in step S94, the participation deadline for the game is transmitted, and in step S96, the presence or absence of the participant response is checked. In this case, similarly to step S4 in FIG. 5, predetermined traffic control processes such as first-come-first-served basis are taken so that the responses from the plurality of participants do not overlap, and the participants are individually checked.

If the response of the participant can be detected individually in step S96, the flow proceeds to step S98. In step S98, it is checked whether the respondent satisfies the attribute required for the game, and then the IP address of the participant whose attribute is OK is stored, and it is checked whether the accumulation of the number of persons is equal to or larger than a predetermined number. If there are more than a certain number of participants with the attribute OK, the flow advances to step S100 to transmit to the participant from the short-range communication unit that the game is established and started. In step S101, the countdown toward the game over is started. In step S102, the display mode is determined, and then the game processing is 100 in step S103.

On the other hand, if the participant response cannot be detected in step S96, or if the cumulative number of attribute OK participants has not reached a predetermined number in step S98, the flow proceeds to step S104 to determine whether an operation for stopping the promotion of the game is made. Check If this operation is not detected, the flow advances to step S105 to check whether the participation period set in step S94 has expired. If it is not the expiration of the period, the process returns to Step S96, and if the attribute OK participant becomes a predetermined number or more in Step S98, or the deferred stop operation is detected in Step S104, or the expiration of the participation period is not detected in Step S105, step S96, step S98, step S104, and step S105 are repeated.

In addition, when the stop-stop operation is detected in step S104 or the expiration of the participation period is detected in step S105, the flow advances to step S106 to transmit the fact that the game is not established from the near field communication unit to the surroundings to end the flowchart.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the details of the game process which is 100 in step S53 of FIG. 6 and step S103 of FIG. 7. When the flowchart is started, the communication time allocation process is performed in step S107. This process is time-divided so that transmissions from a plurality of participants are not duplicated when communication between the creator and each participant is performed, and these are assigned to each participant. As described above, in the case of an unspecified number of opponents as shown in step S4 of FIG. 5 or step S96 of FIG. 7, a predetermined traffic control process such as first-come-first-served priority is taken to cope with overlapping responses. When the participant is able to specify the individual, as in step S107, the unspecified majority takes a different response overlap prevention measure than that of the opponent.

After the above, it progresses to step S108 and it is checked whether the confirmed game is a wide area game. If the game is a wide game, the process moves to the wide game process of step S109. The details will be described later. If it is not a wide-range game in step S108, it is a game played locally only in the short-range communication zone, and the flow advances to step S110 to check whether or not it is set to the "condition display" mode. And if it is condition display setting, it will transfer to the condition display game process of step S111. The details will be described later. On the other hand, if the condition display setting is not made in step S110, the process proceeds to the real time display game process of step S112. The details will be described later.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the real-time display game process in step S112 of FIG. 8. When the flowchart is started, it is checked in step S113 whether the flowchart has been started via the game window processing process of FIG. This corresponds to a check of whether or not he is a game proponent. If the game is to be started via the mobile phone, the process proceeds to step S114 or below, and the initial information of the game is transmitted to all participants. This corresponds to, for example, sending one questionnaire to all participants as in the questionnaire area 64 of FIG.

Next, in step S116, it is checked whether there is an incoming call for an individual response in the time zone allocated in step S107. If all of the check time has elapsed and there is an incoming call from either participant, the flow proceeds to step S118 to store the content of the new individual response. The individual response newly arrived at step S120 is combined with the response that has been stopped and completed, and statistical processing is performed.

Next, in step S121, it is checked whether or not the game is being played as a delay mode for performing the intentionally delaying the display of the statistical result. In the delay mode, even when the statistical result is displayed in step S122, a procedure for delaying the execution of the display and the transmission for a predetermined time is performed, and the process proceeds to step S123. Specifically, a code for automatically delaying display execution for a predetermined time is added to the statistical result data. On the other hand, if it is not in the delay mode, the process shifts directly from step S121 to step S123.

In step S123, the display of the statistical result on the cellular phone is instructed. At this time, if a delay code is added in the predetermined time delay procedure in step S122, the execution of the display automatically comes after a predetermined time. Next, the statistical results are transmitted to all other participants in step S124. Also in this case, if a delay code is added in the predetermined time delay procedure of step S122, the display of the statistical result on the other participant's cellular phone automatically comes after a predetermined time after receiving the statistical result.

Next, in step S126, it is checked whether or not the response deadline has arrived, and if not yet the deadline, the flow advances to step S128 to check whether or not the game is over. Then, if the game is not over, the process returns to Step S116, and the following steps are repeated from Step S116 unless the response end time is detected in Step S126 or the game over is detected in Step S128. As a result, the game proceeds based on the response and the statistical result.

On the other hand, if the response deadline is detected in step S126 or the game over is detected in step S128, the flowchart advances to step S130 to display the final result in the mobile phone. At the same time, the final result is sent to all the participants in step S132 to end the flowchart. In addition, since the delay code of the display is not added to this final result, the display is performed quickly if there is data of the final result.

In the above description, for the sake of simplicity, the flowchart is terminated when a series of processes from the transmission of the questionnaire to the statistics of the response and the display of the result for the questionnaire are completed. If it is a game, step S114 to step S132 shown in Fig. 9 are repeated for each question. In this case, the game over of step S128 means not the end of the whole game but the end of a series of processes for one questionnaire. Similarly, the "final result" in steps S130 and S132 means not the final result of the entire game but the final result of one questionnaire to the last.

In the above, the flowchart of the case where the user is the creator of the game is finished, and the flowchart when the user participates in the game proposed by another person is described below. This corresponds to the case where the flowchart reaches step S113 via the game participation process of FIG. 6 and not via the defrost process.

In this case, the flow advances to step S134 to receive initial information from the advocate. This initial information corresponds to, for example, receiving one questionnaire as in the questionnaire area 64 of FIG. Next, it is checked whether or not a player is participating in step S136. If the player participates, the process proceeds to step S138, and it is checked whether or not a response operation has been performed on the initial information received in step S134. When the operation is detected, the response indicated by the operation result is transmitted to the advocate by short-range communication in step S140, and the flow proceeds to step S142.

On the other hand, when there is no detection of player participation in step S136 or when no response operation is detected in step S138, the flow proceeds directly to step S142.

In step S142, it is checked whether or not the statistical result has been received. If there is a reception, the display of the statistical result is instructed in step S144, and the routine proceeds to step S146. In addition, in the display in step S144, when a delay code is added to the statistical result, the execution of the display is automatically delayed for a predetermined time from the reception of the statistical data. If no statistical result is received in step S142, the flow proceeds directly to step S146.

In step S146, it is checked whether or not the final result of the game has been received. Then, if there is reception, this is displayed in step S148 to end the flowchart. As described above, since there is no delay in the display of the final result, when the display execution of the data instructed to display in step S144 is delayed, the display of the final result in step S148 precedes the execution of the display. have. At this time, since the display instruction of the elapsed statistical result indicated by step S144 is already meaningless, it is automatically canceled.

On the other hand, when the reception of the final result is not detected in step S146, the flow returns to step S136, and the steps S136 to S146 are repeated until the reception of the final result is detected. Thereby, the game participant participating in the player can participate in the game by performing a response operation while watching the progress of the display in step S144. The response is then reflected in the statistical results.

On the other hand, if there is no player participation, no response operation is detected in step S138, and only the change in display is passively enjoyed.

In addition, in the flowchart in the case of game participation mentioned above, for the sake of simplicity, it has been described that the flowchart ends when a series of processes from the reception and response of the questionnaire to the reception display of the statistical result are completed for one questionnaire. However, as described in the repetition of steps S113 to S132 in the case of the creator, in the case of game participation, if the game consists of a plurality of questionnaires, steps S134 to S148 of FIG. 9 are repeated for each question. In this case, the "final result" in step S146 and step S148 means not the final result of the whole game, but the final result with respect to one questionnaire to the last.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of the condition display game process in step S111 of FIG. 8. Since this flowchart has many parts in common with the real-time display processing of FIG. 9, the same steps are given the same step numbers, and description thereof is omitted.

On the other hand, in the condition display game process of Fig. 10, the steps different from Fig. 9 are shown in bold lines and are assigned with different step numbers, so that the main points will be described centering on these steps. In the flowchart of FIG. 10, in step S114, initial information of the game, for example, one questionnaire as in the questionnaire area 64 of FIG. 2 is transmitted to all participants, and the procedure proceeds to step S152. We send signal of "response permission" to all the participants. For each participant, this "response permission" signal and the "response not available" signal described later are appropriately transmitted, and the participant receives the response "response" signal until the "response not available" signal is received. It becomes In addition, since the speaker can participate in the game under the same conditions, the speaker can respond to the questionnaire only when the participant is in the response permission state.

In addition, as described later, as long as the participant is in the response permission state, the display of the statistical result is not updated in either the creator or the participant, and the progress of the statistical result is intentionally hidden for the promotion of the game.

As described above, except that the transmission of the "response permission" signal is accompanied in step S152, the flowchart proceeds from step S114 to step S120 in the same manner as in FIG. 9, but after step S120, step S154 is provided and the statistical result is obtained. It is checked whether the conditions to announce the announcement are arranged. If the condition for releasing the statistical result is OK, in step S156, a "no answer" signal is transmitted to all the participants, and in step S123, the statistical result is displayed for the speaker, and the process proceeds to step S124. In addition, in the case of FIG. 10, there is no treatment with respect to the delay in step S121 and step S122 of FIG. On the other hand, in step S154, if it cannot be detected that the statistical result presentation condition is OK, the flow proceeds directly to step S124. In step S124, the statistical results are transmitted to all other participants similarly to FIG. 9, and the routine proceeds to step S126.

As described above, if the presentation condition OK is not detected in step S154 for the presenter himself / herself, the statistical result is not displayed in step S123, but the statistical result itself in step S124 regardless of the presentation condition OK for other participants. Is sent. However, if the announcement condition OK is not detected in step S154, the "no answer" signal is not transmitted in step S156.

In the following, the flowchart changes in steps S126 and S128 as in FIG. 9, and if a game over is not detected in step S128, the flow returns to step S152. Although the "response permission" signal is transmitted in step S152, when the "no answer" signal is transmitted in step S156, the participant returns to the response permission state by this.

In addition, when returning to step S152 without passing through step S156, the participant is originally in the response permission state, and there is no meaning of sending a "response permission" signal in step S152. However, when passing through step S152, a "response permission" signal is always transmitted from the advocate side without judging the state of the participant. When the participant receives a "response permission" signal in the response permission state, the participant does not respond and simply continues the response permission state. It is a matter of course that the history of whether or not the participant is in the response permission state may be determined without using such a flowchart, and if the response permission state is reached, the dance "response permission" signal may not be sent in step S152.

When a game over is detected in step S128 of FIG. 10, it progresses to step S158 and transmits a "no response" signal, and transfers to step S130.

Also in this case, when the step S158 is reached via step S156, the participant is already in the unresponsive state and there is no meaning of sending a "no answer" signal again in step S158. However, when passing via step S158, the signal generator side always transmits a "no answer" signal without judging the state of the participant. When the participant receives a "no answer" signal in the unresponsive state, the participant reacts nothing and simply continues in the unresponsive state. It is a matter of course that the history of whether or not the participant is in the response permission state can be determined without using such a flowchart, and if the response is in the non-response state, the dance "non-response" signal may not be sent.

Next, how the flowchart on the participant side reacts based on the transmission of the "response permission" signal and the "response non-response" signal from the advocate side as described above. In FIG. 10, when the flowchart reaches step S113 via the game participation process of FIG. 6 instead of via the defrost process, the flowchart proceeds to step S134 and receives initial information from the advocate as in FIG. 9. Do.

In FIG. 10, when the player participates in step S136, the flow advances to step S160 to check whether the participant's cellular phone is in the response permission state. And only in a response permission state, it progresses to step S138 and step S140 and it transfers to step S162. On the other hand, if it is not possible to detect the response permission state in step S160, the flow proceeds directly to step S162. In this way, the participant cannot perform the response operation unless it is in the response permission state.

In step S162, it is again checked whether the participant's cellular phone is in a response permission state. However, the purpose is to determine whether or not to display the received statistical result. That is, if it is detected in step S162 that the response is allowed, the flowchart returns to step S136, and then steps S136 to S162 are repeated until it is detected in step S162 that it is not in the response permission state. Therefore, even if the latest statistical result is acquired, the display is hidden and the participant cannot know the statistical result.

On the other hand, if it is detected in step S162 that an unresponsive state is reached, it is possible to proceed to step S142. If reception of the latest statistical result is detected in step S142, this is displayed in step S144. If the final result has been received in step S146, the flow advances to step S148 to display this.

If the final result is not received in step S146, the game continues, and the flowchart returns to step S136 after displaying the latest statistical result in step S144. However, if the game continues, the participant's cellular phone has already returned to the response permission state at this time. This is because the flow returns to Step S152 immediately after the "No Answer" signal is sent in Step S156 in the flowchart on the filer's side, and the "Response Allowed" signal is transmitted. Therefore, after the flowchart of the participant returns to step S136, unless the "no answer" signal is transmitted from the advocate side by the announcement condition OK detection of the next step, step S162 is repeated from step S136 to reach step S144. You can't, and the latest statistics are hidden again.

In addition, in the flowchart of FIG. 10, whether to answer a questionnaire and the display of a statistical result are matched in reverse relationship. This is because the period of time when the response becomes unresponsive is relatively short, and the game progress is not substantially stopped, and it is reasonable for the statistical processing to conclude a response at that time in the presentation of the statistical results of the supervision and the supervision.

However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, but may be configured so that only detection of the presentation condition OK and the display of the statistical results can be associated, and the response can always be independently from them.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the details of the original game making process in step S92 of FIG. 7. When the flowchart is started, the original game menu is displayed in step S172. In this original menu display, it is possible to select a semi-original template game in which templates for rules and content input are prepared, and a menu for creating an original game completely freely.

In step S174, it is checked whether or not an operation for selecting a template game menu has been performed, and when this operation is detected, a menu detailing the contents of the template game is displayed in step S176. When an operation of selecting one template game is detected in step S178, the process proceeds to step S179 to display one template required for completion of the game.

For example, in the questionnaire game shown in FIG. 2, a template for inputting a questionnaire and an option in the questionnaire area 64 is displayed. As for the template, a plurality of templates required for its operation are usually prepared for one game. For example, in addition to the questionnaire and the option template described above, the selection and setting of the selection method and the display layout of the aggregation method in the aggregation area 66 is performed. Can be done. In addition, a template for setting the participation qualification attribute of the game, other settings of "real time display" or "condition display", a condition at the time of condition display, etc. is also prepared. In step S179, one of these templates is displayed one by one in a predetermined order.

Such a template game is useful when the format of the game, such as questionnaire, is universal, but the user wants to freely set its contents. It can be easily proposed as a game.

Next, in step S180, the advice regarding the template input method is displayed, and in step S182, the presence or absence of an input operation to the template is checked. If there is no input for a predetermined time or if the input method is not appropriate, it is considered that there is no input operation, the process returns to step S180, and if necessary, the input advice is changed to be more suitable for the situation.

When it is detected in step S182 that there has been an appropriate input operation, the flow proceeds to step S184 to check the input contents. If there is a shortage of input content, the flow proceeds to step S186 and after displaying an indication that correction is necessary, the flow returns to step S182, and the following steps S180 to S186 are performed until a determination is made that the input check is OK in step S184. Is repeated.

If it is determined in step S184 that the input check is OK, the flow advances to step S188 to check whether or not the input completion operation has been performed. If there is no detection that this operation has been performed, the flow returns to step S179 to display the next template.

Hereinafter, step S188 is repeated from step S179 until the input completion operation is detected in step S188. On the other hand, when an input completion operation is detected in step S188, the flow advances to step S190 to determine the game ID and to code the template input contents to end the flowchart. The game ID is granted when the template is provided, and this is confirmed in step S190. In addition, when the input to all the prepared templates is completed, input is considered complete even if an input completion operation is not carried out especially in step S188, and it transfers to step S190.

If no operation for selecting the template game menu is performed in step S174 or if no operation for selecting one of the template games displayed in step S178 is performed, the process proceeds to the original original deduction process in step S192. In this process, the original game can be created completely freely by the operation of the first operation unit 12 and the GUI by the first display unit 18. When the game is completed, the flow advances to step S194, where coding is performed to standardize the game contents to end the flowchart.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the details of the normal game processing in step S36 of FIG. 5, which is basically about a game played by a conventional mobile phone alone. When possible, it includes a function to notify it.

When the flowchart is started, it is checked in step S202 whether the game has started. If the game is not started, it is checked in step S204 whether there is a person who has another mobile phone in the near field communication zone. This is the same step as in step S2 of FIG. 5, but if there is no short range communication right in step S2 of FIG. 5 and enters a normal game process, the situation then changes to confirm whether or not the short range communication right appears. It is meaningful.

Hereinafter, step S206 to step S214 of FIG. 12 are the same as that of step S4 to step S12 of FIG. 5, and have a function which detects stably that the predetermined number or more of the communication right insiders are around. And if this confirmation is possible, it progresses to step S216 and it shows that it has become possible to "100-player game", although it is normally in game processing, it transfers to step S218. When reaching from step S202 to step S216, the game is not yet started, so the user who has seen this display can perform an operation for shifting to a "100 player game".

In contrast, when the short-range insider is not detected from step S202 and no near-field insider is detected, or when the predetermined number or more insiders are not detected in step S208, or the predetermined time has not elapsed since the start of accumulation in step S212. In the case where it is not detected that the average of the number of wounds accumulated in Step S214 is not less than a predetermined value, all of the steps go directly to Step S218 without displaying Step S216.

In step S218, it is checked whether or not the game end operation has been performed. If no operation is detected, the flow advances to step S220 to check whether or not the game is played. If it is not the game image, the process returns to step S204. In the following, unless the game end operation is detected in step S218 or whether the game image is detected in step S220, steps S204 to S220 are repeated to enable "100 player game". The detection of the state to be continued is continued. In addition, it is possible to always perform the start operation of a normal game in this repetition, and when this operation is performed, it is judged as a game image in step S220.

If it is determined in step S220 that the game is in progress, the flow advances to step S222, and the game unit is executed according to a predetermined game flowchart. When the execution of the unit ends, the routine advances to step S224 to check whether or not the game is over. When a game over is detected, the process returns to Step S204, and the following steps are repeated, and the detection of the state where the "game of 100 players" is enabled is repeated. After the game is over, it is determined that the game is not in game at step S220 unless an operation for starting a new game is made.

On the other hand, if it is not a game over in step S224, it progresses to step S226 and it is checked in step S222 whether the item of a game has not arrived in the step which execution of the game unit was complete | finished. This item means, for example, a game pause state in which a user is required to make a selection operation without a time limit for proceeding to the next stage of the game. Then, when a game of such a game arrives, the process returns to Step S204, and the steps S204 to S220 are repeated below, and the detection of the state where the "100-player game" is enabled is continued. Even when the game is over and the game is at rest, it is determined that the game is not played in step S220 unless the game resume operation is performed.

In addition, when it is not detected that a game item has arrived in step S226, it returns to step S222 and execution of the next game unit is continued.

When the start of the game is detected in step S202, the flow advances to step S222 to start execution of the game unit.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the detection of a state in which the "100-player game" is enabled also continues in normal game processing as long as there is no problem in the progress of the game.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing details of the wide-area game processing in step S109 of FIG. 8. Since this flowchart also has many parts in common with the real-time display processing in FIG. 9, the same steps are given the same step numbers, and description thereof is omitted.

On the other hand, in the wide-area game processing of Fig. 13, the steps different from Fig. 9 are shown in bold lines and given different step numbers, so that the main points will be described centering on these steps. In addition, in the flowchart of FIG. 13, although the process is the same as that of FIG. 9, the data handled may not be in a near field communication area, but may be wide area statistical data. These steps are given the same step numbers as those in Fig. 9, but the steps are shown in bold lines.

In the flowchart of FIG. 13, the initial information of the game, for example, one questionnaire as in the questionnaire area 64 of FIG. 2 is transmitted to all the participants, and the process proceeds to step S232 in step S114. Notify everyone that the game is a "wide game." Thereby, the participant can confirm that his or her response does not remain in the short-range communication zone, but is converged to a wide-area server by the Internet via the telephone line and spread to the wide-area.

The flowchart of FIG. 13 statistically processes the response from the participant in the near field communication zone in step S120 in the same manner as in FIG. 9, but then communicates with the wide area server via the Internet from the telephone line in step S234 to perform statistical processing. The data is uploaded to the wide area server, and the wide area statistics data which is processed by the wide area server is downloaded. Therefore, the display of the statistical results in the next step S123 and the transmission to all the participants of the statistical results in the step S124 are the same as those in FIG. 9 as the processing, but the contents to be handled are not statistical data in the near field communication range, but are downloaded. Global statistical data.

In addition, in FIG. 13, the statistical process of the response received by the near field communication part is performed first in step S120, and the result is uploaded to the wide area server in step S234, Instead, it is comprised so that step S120 may be skipped and it is memorize | stored in step S118. The raw data of the individual responses can be uploaded directly to the wide area server in step S234. Alternatively, the data statistically processed in step S120 may be uploaded, and the individual raw data in step S118 may be uploaded together as reference information.

Although the above is communication with the wide area server which passed in the middle of a game, in the flowchart of FIG. 13, even if it has become game over in step S128, it progresses to step S236 and communicates with the wide area server by the Internet from a telephone line, The final result of the statistical processing is uploaded to the wide area server, and the final result as the wide area statistical data which is processed by the wide area server is downloaded. Therefore, the display of the final result in the next step S130 and the transmission to all the participants of the final result in the step S132 are the same as those in FIG. 9 as the processing, but the content to be handled is not statistical data in the short-range communication zone, but is downloaded. Global statistical data. The content of the wide area statistical data field 98 of FIG. 4 is the information which passed this process.

In step S236 described above, instead of uploading the result of the statistical processing to the wide area server, the raw data of the stored individual responses may be directly uploaded to the wide area server in step S236. Alternatively, instead of the statistically processed data, the individual raw data may be uploaded as reference information. About these, it is the same as that of step S234.

Although the flowchart of the participant of FIG. 13 is common to FIG. 9 as a process, the content handled differs. First, the initial information received in step S134 includes a notification of "wide game" transmitted in step S232. In addition, the statistical result received in step S142 and displayed in step S144 and the final result received in step S146 and displayed in step S148 are not the statistical data in the short-range communication zone, but downloaded broadband statistical data.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the details of the game data update process in step S26 of FIG. 5. When the flowchart is started, in step S242, the IDs of all the games stored in the own device are transmitted from the first short-range communication unit 26 to the outside. Next, in step S244, it is checked whether or not a request from another device requesting transmission of game data specifying an ID has been received by the first local area communication unit 26. If the request is received, the requested game data is transmitted from the first local area communication unit 26 to the other device that requested the request, and the step S248 is reached. On the other hand, if such a request is not detected in step S244, the flow directly reaches step S248. The above is the process for transplanting the game data stored in the own device from the first short range communication unit 26 to the other device.

On the other hand, after step S248, it is the process for acquiring game data from the outside to the own apparatus. First, in step S248, it is checked whether or not the first local area communication unit 26 has received a game ID from another device. If there is reception, the process proceeds to step S250 to execute game data reception registration processing to reach step S252. On the other hand, if the game ID reception is not detected in step S248, the process directly reaches step S252.

In step S252, the first telephone communication unit 24 accesses the Internet. In step S254, the game ID is downloaded from the external server holding the game data, and in step S256, the game data reception registration process is executed to end the flowchart.

As described above, acquisition of game data from the outside may be acquisition from another device through the first local area communication unit 26 or download from an external server via the Internet from the first telephone communication unit 24. . The details of the game data reception registration processing in steps S250 and S256 will be described in the following drawings.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing details of game data reception registration processing in steps S250 and S256 of FIG. 14. When the flowchart is started, it is checked in step S262 whether a game ID which has not yet been registered in the own device is new. If a new game ID exists, it is stored in step S264 and the process proceeds to step S266. On the other hand, when the new game ID is not detected in step S262, the flow proceeds directly to step S266.

In step S264, a code for distinguishing whether the new ID is received from another device in short-range communication or downloaded from an external server via the Internet is stored. This also applies to the other new IDs below.

In step S266, it is checked whether or not the ID of the new version for the registered game is new. If there is a new version ID, it is stored in step S268 to proceed to step S270. On the other hand, when the new version ID is not detected in step S266, the flow proceeds directly to step S270.

In step S270, it is checked whether a new template ID for the registered game is new. If a new template ID exists, it is stored in step S272 and the flow advances to step S274. On the other hand, if a new template ID is not detected in step S270, the flow proceeds directly to step S274.

In step S274, it is checked whether the ID of the new processing software for the general execution of the game is new. If there is a new processing software ID, it is stored in step S276 and the flow advances to step S278. On the other hand, if a new processing software ID is not detected in step S274, the flow proceeds directly to step S278.

In step S278, when there existed the ID memorize | stored in step S264, step S268, step S272, and step S276, it is checked whether the 1st short-range communication part 26 has received the communication from another apparatus. If there is a storage ID received from the other device, the flow advances to step S280, requests data from the other device to the other device by short-range communication, and the process proceeds to step S282. On the other hand, in step S278, if it is not possible to detect that the storage ID has been received from another device, the process proceeds directly to step S282.

In step S282, it is checked whether the ID stored in step S264, step S268, step S272, and step S276 has been downloaded from an external server. If there is a storage ID downloaded from the external server, the flow advances to step S284, and the data corresponding to the storage ID is downloaded via the Internet from the first telephone communication unit 24, and the flow proceeds to step S286. On the other hand, in step S282, if it is not possible to detect that the memory ID has been downloaded from the external server, the routine proceeds directly to step S286.

In step S286, the data acquired by the reception in step S280 or the download in step S284 is registered in the first game storage unit 22.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, game-related data enjoyed using the first local area communication unit 26 are obtained from an external server via the Internet from the first telephone communication unit 24. In this case, since other peripheral devices may have already downloaded and obtained game-related data, first, the first short-range communication unit 26 attempts to acquire game-related data from other devices. If other devices do not have game-related data, they access external servers via the Internet and download these game-related data. In addition, the game-related data obtained by the user attempts to be transplanted from the first local area communication unit 26 to other peripheral devices.

The details of the update by acquiring and sharing the game-related data are performed by the flowcharts of Figs. 14 and 15. However, as apparent in step S26 of Fig. 5, these game data updating processes are always performed at the end of the game. To facilitate the acquisition and sharing of game-related data.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing details of statistical processing in step S120 common to each of FIGS. 9, 10, and 12. When an incoming individual response is stored in step S118 and the step S120 is reached, a flowchart is started, and in step S292 it is checked whether or not it is a response to the template game. If it is a template game response, the flow advances to step S294 to confirm the game ID corresponding to the response. Based on the confirmed ID, application software common to the corresponding template game is started in step S296. This common software is common regardless of the contents of a questionnaire, an option, or the like entered in the template.

When the software is started, the process proceeds to step S298, where one response option is extracted from the stored responses. And the ID of the questionnaire corresponding to the extracted option is confirmed by step S300. In step S302, the ID of the extracted option itself is checked. As described above, since the questionnaire and the ID formed thereon are determined, the flow advances to step S304 to classify the questionnaire and the choice by the option based on the determined ID and add to the corresponding cumulative count.

When the count ends, it is checked in step S306 whether or not unaggregated options remain, and if there is an unaggregated option, the flow returns to step S298 to extract the next option. In addition, when the extracted one at this time was an option for different questionnaires, it is detected in step S300, and the classification of the cumulative counts in step S304 is for different questionnaires.

Hereinafter, the loop of steps S298 to S306 is repeated until it is confirmed in step S306 that there are no more aggregate options. This loop is also formalized by common software, regardless of the content of the questionnaire or options.

As described above, when all the stored response options are classified and counted, it is determined that there are no unaggregated options in step S306. Therefore, the flow proceeds to step S308, where the questionnaire content input to the questionnaire template is read. In addition, in step S310, the contents of the choice inputted to each option template are read. In step S312, the final count value accumulated for each selection is read. In step S314, an aggregation layout to be applied to the display of the aggregation result is determined based on these read contents. Specifically, from among a plurality of common layouts prepared in advance for the corresponding game, it is determined that it is optimal for displaying the read contents in steps S308 to S312, and the determined layout is designated as the ID. The participant of the game already has information and layout data on the content of each questionnaire and its options, and therefore, sending to each participant as a statistical result is specified in the final count value for each questionnaire selected in step S312 and in step S314. All you need is an aggregate layout ID. As a result, the participant can display the statistical result of the layout as shown in any one of Figs. 2 to 4 on his mobile phone, based on the data he has in advance and the data received as the statistical result.

As described above, in the template game, the game progression is performed by the common software regardless of the contents input to the template, and the common layout is also applied to the display of the result. As a result, the user can concentrate on the questionnaire and research on the choices that interest him most. Therefore, it is not necessary to devote labor to a part related to the operation of the game, so that the proposal of the game is facilitated. In addition, since the software related to the operation of the game is shared by the game participants, the data exchanged between the game participants need only be the ID and the minimum information content designating the data to be shared.

When the response is not for the template game in step S292, the flow advances to step S316 to perform statistical processing specific to each game.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the details of the transmission of initial information to all the participants in the step S114 that are common to each of FIGS. 9, 10, and 12. When it is confirmed in step S113 that the flowchart has been started via the game advocating process in Fig. 7, and reaches step S114, and the flowchart in Fig. 17 is started, whether or not the initial information to be sent to the participant in step S322 is for the template game. Is checked. If it is a template game, the game ID is transmitted in step S324. This is because a plurality of pieces of software for processing various template games are already shared on the receiver side, and the designated game can be processed on the receiver side only by specifying the game ID.

Next, in step S326, the ID assigned to the questionnaire is transmitted to the participant, and the content of the questionnaire corresponding to the ID is transmitted in step S328. In step S330, the ID assigned to one of the choices of the response corresponding to the questionnaire is sent, and the content of the choice corresponding to the ID is transmitted in step S332. Then, in step S334, it is checked whether there is an option of unsent. If there is an unsent option, the flowchart returns to step S330 and transmits the ID of the next option for the questionnaire. Hereinafter, step S330 to step S334 are repeated until there is no untransmitted option.

If it is detected in step S334 that the unsent option has disappeared, the flow advances to step S336 to transmit information about the response deadline. In step S338, the communication time allocated in step S107 of Fig. 8 is transmitted. Since this communication allocation time is different for each participant, each participant can be identified and transmitted individually, or the assignment table of all participants can be transmitted in a batch.

Although the flowchart of FIG. 17 is complete | finished above, when it is detected in step S332 that it is not sending a template game, it flows directly to step S340 and performs the process which transmits the information peculiar to the game, and completes a flowchart.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the details of the statistical result display processing on the participant side in step S144 common to each of FIGS. 9, 10, and 13. When the reception of the statistical result is detected in step S142 and the step S144 is reached, and the flowchart of FIG. 18 starts, it is checked in step S342 whether the statistical result of the template game has been received.

If the result of the statistics of the template game, the game related ID is read from the received information in step S344. The game related ID includes a game ID, a questionnaire ID, an option ID, and the like. Next, the flow advances to step S346, and the content of the questionnaire input to the questionnaire template designated by the read ID is read. These questionnaire content and option content are already received as initial information in the flowchart of FIG. In addition, in step S348, the contents of the choices input to each option template designated by the read ID are read. In step S350, the final count value accumulated for each selection is read.

Next, the statistical result display information obtained as mentioned above is displayed. First, in step S352, it is checked whether or not a layout to be applied to the tally display is specified among the received information. Specifically, it is checked whether or not an ID for designating an aggregate layout to be applied is included in the game-related IDs read out in step S344. If there is an ID for designating the applied aggregation layout, the flow proceeds to step S354, where the ID is read and the process proceeds to step S356. On the other hand, when there is no layout designation in step S352, the process proceeds to step S356 by applying the predetermined layout in step S358.

As described above, since the information content of the statistical display and the information for displaying the statistics are prepared, the display screen data is created in step S356 based on these information. In step S360, the statistical result is displayed, and the flowchart ends.

On the other hand, if the statistical result of the template game is not received in step S342, the flow advances to step S362 to perform a game-specific display process to end the flowchart.

In addition, although the flowchart of FIG. 18 mentioned above was demonstrated as being a flowchart which shows the detail of the statistical result display process on the participant side, the statistics at the proposer side in step S123 common in FIG. 9, FIG. 10, and FIG. 13, respectively. The flowchart showing the details of the result display processing also basically has the same configuration. However, in step S342, the judgment is made not on the received statistical result, but on the statistical result processed by the user in step S120.

In addition, the flowchart of FIG. 18 is similarly used not only in the display of the progress of a statistical process but also in the display of the final result in step S130 or step S148 common in FIG. 9, FIG. 10, and FIG. 13, respectively.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing details of a part of processes in the flowcharts of FIGS. 7 and 8. Specifically, it corresponds to the detail of the flowchart from step S96 of FIG. 7 to step S103 until it reaches step S107 in FIG. 8 which shows the detail. In FIG. 19, the same step number is attached | subjected to the same step of the part common to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, and the description is abbreviate | omitted. On the other hand, the steps different from those in Figs. 7 and 8 are shown by bold lines, are given with different step numbers, and the points will be described centering on these steps.

When it progresses from step S94 to step S96 in FIG. 7, it is checked whether there was a response from a participant, but the detail is shown in step S372 to step S382 in FIG. First, in step S372, the presence or absence of an incoming call from the participant is checked. If there is an incoming call, the flow proceeds to Step S104. This corresponds to the function shifting to step S104 if the participant responds in step S96. Steps S104 to S106 are the same as those in Fig. 7, and description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, if there is an incoming call, the flow proceeds to step S374 to check whether or not a new incoming call is set. At this time, if the incoming call rejection setting is set, another incoming call is being received, and therefore, the flow proceeds to Step S104 without receiving the incoming call. In this way, if there is an incoming call and already receiving another incoming call, the incoming call is first rejected. On the other hand, if the incoming call rejection setting is not made in step S374, since no other incoming call is being received, the flow advances to step S376 to proceed with the reception, and the new incoming call rejection is set so that other receptions do not overlap later.

Next, the reception process is performed in step S378, and the process proceeds to step S380 while the processing is performed in parallel. In step S380, it is checked whether or not information indicating that reception has been completed has occurred in the reception processing of step S378. If the reception is not completed, the flow returns to step S378 to continue the reception processing. If the reception completion can be confirmed, the flow advances to step S382 to cancel the new incoming rejection setting so that the next incoming call can be accepted. When one response is received in this manner, the process proceeds to step S98. Hereinafter, since the process is the same as in FIG. 7 until step S102, the description is omitted.

Step S102 in Fig. 7 proceeds to the game process of 100 in step S103, and the details thereof are the same as in Fig. 8. In step S384 to step S388 of FIG. 19, the detail of the communication time allocation process of step S107 of FIG. 8 in this flow is shown.

First, in step S384, participant confirmation is performed. In this process, the address and the number of participants can be confirmed which can identify a short-range communication unit in each participant's cellular phone. Based on the information confirmed in this step S384, in step S386, the response time zone assigned to each participant is determined. Based on this, the allocation time information for transmission is created in step S388, and the routine proceeds to step S108. In addition, this information can be created individually as information for each participant, or can be created as a batch assignment table which can be transmitted in common to all participants.

As described above, in steps such as steps S372 to S382 for recruiting an unspecified number of respondents, and steps such as steps S384 to S388 for communicating specified participants, the transmissions from the plurality of participants are not duplicated. As a means, what is suitable for each step can be employ | adopted. However, the present invention is not limited to this, but it is also possible to devise a response overlap prevention measure common to both in the situation and purpose.

In addition, the transmission allocation time information created in step S388 is transmitted to each participant in step S338 of FIG.

In the following, the conventional problems and various solutions for the present invention, which are described in the above embodiments, will be summarized below.

First, in a conventional information exchange device, since a cellular phone line is charged, these functions are not generalized as functions that can be easily and sufficiently used as functions performed inside a cellular phone such as a game.

Disclosure of Invention An object of the present invention is to provide an information exchange device that can exchange information more easily in view of the above. Another object of the present invention is to provide an information exchange device in which a relatively large number of humans can easily cooperate.

MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM In order to solve the said subject, this invention has the 1st wireless communication means which communicates with an external communication apparatus, and has the telephone function part for a telephone call and a sign language, 2nd wireless communication means different from this, and this 2nd An information transmitter for transmitting information to a plurality of external communication devices by wireless communication means, a response processor for processing a response received by the second wireless communication means from the plurality of external communication devices with respect to the information transmission, and An information exchange apparatus is provided, which has a distribution unit that distributes the processing result by the response processing unit to a plurality of external communication devices by the second wireless communication unit. As described above, in the present invention, information is transmitted to a plurality of parties by wireless communication means which is a function mounted in a device having a wireless telephone function such as a mobile phone and does not incur charges different from the wireless communication means for the telephone function. It is possible to process the response and to distribute the processing result, and to provide an information exchange device which is useful for games, polls, and the like in which a large number of participants participate. In addition, the above-mentioned feature of the present invention, which connects a wireless communication means and a means for facilitating information exchange with a paid telephone line, does not passively participate in a survey or the like managed by a large-sized server, but rather lightly examines itself. We become subject of enforcement and enable action to appeal to the majority.

In addition, according to a specific feature of the invention, the information transmitting unit transmits the questionnaire and the choice of the response thereto. As a result, information transmission and response can be standardized, information transmission and response can be facilitated, and the processing can be performed easily, contributing to the generalization of functions.

In addition, according to another specific feature of the present invention, a response operation unit that provides a response by the second wireless communication means with respect to information transmission from an external communication device is provided. As a result, it is possible not only to become the information sending side, but also to respond to information transmission from the outside, and to easily participate in not only the promotion of information exchange but also the information exchange proposed from the other. More specifically, the response operation unit is configured to select the response option with respect to the transmission of the questionnaire and the information on the response option from the external communication device, thereby facilitating the response.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, the display unit is also used for displaying information to be sent. This makes it possible to easily confirm the information to be exchanged regardless of whether it is the information sending side or the response side, and information exchange can be freely performed from either position.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, processing means for processing information of the information transmitting unit is shared with an external communication device. Since the processing is standardized by sharing the processing means in this way, a series of processing such as information transmission to a plurality of partners, processing of the response, and delivery of the processing result can be freely performed regardless of whether the information is sent or the response. The system is enabled. The exchange of information having the same contents as the exchange of information according to the present invention is, in theory, finally possible by, e.g., repeating an elaborate communication or transmission using a mail function of a mobile phone. It is extremely difficult and at the same time increases the communication cost. In contrast, according to the present invention, information is exchanged easily and without cost.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, the processing result by the response processing unit is transmitted to the external server by the first wireless communication means, and the integrated processing result of the processing is received from the external server by the first wireless communication means. The control unit distributes the integrated processing result received by the control unit to the plurality of external communication devices by the second wireless communication unit. In this way, when the aggregation result obtained through the second wireless communication means is collected on an external server via a telephone line, the information exchange beyond the communication right of the second wireless communication means becomes possible, which is extremely useful for surveying a wide area. Furthermore, by performing the aggregation and distribution of the aggregation result by the telephone line via the second wireless communication means in this way, the cost of efficiency is lower than that of an external server collecting information from individual cellular phones directly through the telephone line. Information exchange is also promoted. In addition, first, information collection is carried out in the communication unit of the second wireless communication means, and this is collected at an external server. Therefore, the local survey at the site where the area is designated, such as a station square or a park, and how the local survey results are aggregated in a wide area. Control over the sample irradiation method is also facilitated. On the other hand, when an external server directly accesses individual cellular phones via a telephone line, the cellular phones are always moving, and therefore, extensive information processing is required to perform centralized control of these local bases.

According to another feature of the present invention, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: a first radio communication means, a second radio communication means different from each other, an information transmitter for transmitting information to a plurality of external communication devices by the second radio communication means; Sending information on a response received by the second wireless communication means from a plurality of external communication devices with respect to this information transmission to the external server by the first wireless communication means, and processing the processing result of the first wireless communication. There is provided an information exchange apparatus comprising a control unit for receiving from an external server by means and a distribution unit for distributing the processing result received by the control unit to a plurality of external communication devices by the second wireless communication means. Thus, the characteristic of this invention which aggregates the information via a 2nd wireless communication means by a 1st wireless communication means, and distributes the aggregation result from a 1st wireless communication means via a 2nd wireless communication means, It is not limited to the application to the mobile phone. That is, as described above, this feature provides an information exchange device that can be easily controlled in the local survey at the site where the area is designated and the sample survey method of how the local survey results are aggregated in a wide area. It is widely applicable other than that. In addition, as described above, when the information on the response received by the second wireless communication means is transmitted to the external server by the first wireless communication means, it is not necessarily the case of processing this before transmission, Specifically, various implementations are possible, such as sending information directly. In short, information on the response received by the second wireless communication means may be transmitted to an external server which finally processes it.

In addition, according to the specific feature of the present invention, a reception control unit for receiving information to be sent from the information transmitter from the external server by the first wireless communication means is provided. Since the response to the information transmission is finally processed by the external server, by configuring in this way, a series of information exchanges can be started from the external server, and the wide area information exchange such as the investigation beyond the communication right of the second radio communication means. It becomes a useful information exchange device.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first wireless communication means for receiving information to be transmitted to an external communication device from a wide area server, second wireless communication means different from this, and information received by the first wireless communication means. An information transmitting unit for transmitting a message to the plurality of external communication devices by the second wireless communication unit, a response processing unit for processing a response received by the second wireless communication unit from the plurality of external communication devices with respect to the information transmission; And a distribution unit for distributing the processing result to a plurality of external communication devices by the second wireless communication means.

As described above, the feature of the present invention that the information transmitting unit receives information to be transmitted from the external server by the first wireless communication means is not limited to the case where the external server performs the information processing. It is also useful when the device itself is used. Participation in the information exchange is a response to the information transmission already performed by someone, so the operation is simple, but it is not easy to create the information transmission for requesting another response from one. In this case, when one of the existing menus is selected to send information or there is an existing template having a frame structure of information to be sent, information transmission is very easy when only the content is filled in therein. The above-mentioned feature makes it possible to receive the provision of such existing information or an existing template from an external server and contributes to facilitating information transmission.

According to another feature of the present invention, there is provided a plurality of external communication devices by means of a first wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device, a second wireless communication means different from this, and the second wireless communication means. An information sending section for sending information of the information, a response processing section for processing a response received by the second wireless communication means from a plurality of external communication devices with respect to the information sending, and a result of the processing by the second wireless communication means. An information exchange apparatus comprising: a distribution unit for distributing to a plurality of external communication devices, and a reception control unit for receiving, from a external server, processing means for processing information of the information transmitting unit from an external server. There are many different needs for information exchange, but the above-mentioned feature makes it easy to receive processing means such as software for performing a process necessary for information exchange from an external server. In this way, the above-mentioned feature of the present invention connecting the acquisition of the processing means by the first wireless communication means and the execution of the processing by the processing means by the second wireless communication means is, for example, software used on the Internet. Unlike the information obtained from the Internet, two kinds of wireless communication means are provided in one information exchange device, and these wireless communication means are separately used for obtaining and executing the processing means, thereby diversifying information exchange. And to facilitate.

Second, in the conventional information exchange device, the information exchange function is not generalized as a function which can be easily used sufficiently to the extent that a function performed inside a mobile phone such as a game.

Disclosure of Invention An object of the present invention is to provide an information exchange device that can exchange information more easily in view of the above. Another object of the present invention is to provide an information exchange device that can easily transmit information.

MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM In order to solve the said subject, this invention provides the communication means which communicates with an external communication apparatus, and the information assigned to these information specifying signal and the some information specification signal by the communication means to an external communication apparatus, respectively. An information transmitter for transmitting the contents, a response processor for processing the information specifying signal received by the communication means from an external communication device in response to the information transmission, and a result of processing the information specifying signal by the response processor for communication. An information exchange apparatus is provided, which has a distribution unit that distributes to an external communication device by means.

According to the above structure, by assigning to the information specifying signal and handling the content of the information, information transmission and response thereto and the processing thereof can be performed based on the information specifying signal. Therefore, as long as the information content is assigned to this information specific signal, the information is handled in a standardized form regardless of the information content.

Participation in the information exchange is a response to the information transmission already performed by someone, so the operation is simple, but it is not easy to prepare the information transmission for requesting a response from another person. In this case, as described above, the information handling frame is prepared in advance, and information transmission is extremely easy in a configuration in which only the information content is assigned therein.

In addition, according to a specific feature of the present invention, the information transmitting unit transmits a specific signal of a questionnaire, questionnaire content information assigned thereto, and a plurality of option signal information assigned to the plurality of choices as answers to the questionnaire and a plurality of option content information respectively assigned to the questionnaire. do. This makes it possible to easily exchange information with a general purpose of arbitrary questionnaires and a plurality of answer choices.

In addition, according to another specific feature of the present invention, an information sending operation unit for changing the information content allocated to each of the plurality of information specifying signals is provided, and arbitrary information contents can be assigned to the information specifying signal.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, in response to a plurality of information specifying signals received from an external communication device by the communication means and information contents allocated to these information specifying signals, respectively, the information specifying signal is received by the communication means. A response operation unit for transmitting is provided.

According to a more specific feature, the response operation unit includes a specific signal of a questionnaire received from the outside by the communication means, questionnaire content information assigned thereto, and a plurality of option signals assigned to each of the specific signals as answers to the questionnaire and a plurality of choices assigned thereto, respectively. In response to the content information, an operation of selecting a specific signal of the choice by the communication means is performed.

As described above, not only the information transmission but also the response to the received information can be configured, whereby free information can be exchanged with the external communication device.

In addition, according to another specific feature of the present invention, a display portion for displaying a result of processing from an external communication device received by the communication means is provided. According to a more specific feature, this display portion can also make it possible to display information of the information transmitting portion. This makes it easier to exchange information.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, the processing means for processing the information transmitting unit information is shared with the external communication device. As a result, the configuration of the information handling part not related to the information content is standardized, the information is exchanged smoothly, and the information to be exchanged is limited to a unique one that does not share any information, thereby facilitating information exchange.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, a communication means for communicating with an external communication device and a plurality of information specifying signals and information contents allocated to these information specifying signals, respectively, are received from the external communication device by the communication means. An information receiving unit for transmitting the information specifying signal by the communication means as a response to the received information, a display unit for receiving and displaying the processing result of the information specifying signal received from the external communication device by the communication means, and the display. An information exchange apparatus is provided which has a control unit which provides, as display information, the content of information respectively assigned to the information specifying signal received by the information receiving unit, as the display information.

According to this configuration, when receiving and displaying the processing result in response to the received information, the information content received before the response is also utilized for displaying the processing result. Therefore, even if transmission and reception of the response and the processing result are performed by the information specifying signal, the display of the processing result is sufficient with the information content.

In addition, according to a specific feature of the invention, the information receiving unit receives a specific signal of the questionnaire, the questionnaire content information assigned thereto, and the specific signal of the plurality of choices as the answer to the questionnaire, and the plurality of option content information allocated to each of them. . Further, according to a more specific feature, the response operation unit performs an operation of selecting an information specifying signal in response to the plurality of information specifying signals received by the information receiving unit and the information content allocated to these information specifying signals, respectively. According to another specific feature, the display unit can display information received by the information receiver.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, an external communication is performed by the communication means for communication means for performing communication with an external communication device, a specific signal of information shared with the external communication device, and information that the external communication device does not have. There is provided an information exchange device having an information sending section for sending to a device and an information sending operation section for changing information not included in an external communication device.

By configuring in this way, part of the information exchange can be performed on the premise of information sharing with each other, and since information is changed by the information transmission operation part about the information which is not shared, information transmission becomes easy.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, communication means for communicating with an external communication device, general information common to other information, and individual information related to the general information are transmitted to the external communication device by means of communication means. There is provided an information exchange apparatus comprising an information sending section for sending, an information sending operation section for changing individual information related to general-purpose information, and a display section for displaying information sent by the information sending section.

With this configuration, part of the information exchange can be performed on the premise of common information common to other information, and the individual information related to such general information can be changed by the information sending operation section, so that information sending is easy. Done.

Further, according to a specific feature of the invention, the communication unit has an information receiving unit for receiving from the external communication device common information common to other information and individual information allocated to this universal information, and the display unit receives the information receiving unit. Display information. In this way, not only the information transmission but also the reception information can be configured so as to freely exchange information with an external communication device.

Third, in the information exchange device of the related art, in order to exchange information, the conditions between the parties are required to be summarized, and it is not generalized as a function that can be easily and sufficiently used as a function performed by a mobile telephone unit such as a game. .

Disclosure of Invention An object of the present invention is to provide an information exchange device that can exchange information more easily in view of the above. Another object of the present invention is to provide an information exchange device capable of easily arranging conditions between parties necessary for information exchange.

MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM In order to solve the said subject, this invention has the 1st wireless communication means which communicates with an external communication apparatus, and has the telephone function part for a telephone call and a sign language, 2nd wireless communication means different from this, and this 2nd An information exchange unit for exchanging information with an external communication device by wireless communication means, a holding unit holding control information necessary for information exchange with an external communication device, and the control information by the second wireless communication means. It provides an information exchange device having a control information transfer control unit for transmitting to.

According to the above configuration, even if the external communication device that is the counterpart of the information exchange does not download the control information necessary for the information exchange by the first wireless communication means or the like related to the telephone function, the second wireless communication means has control information it has. It can be easily transplanted by.

Further, according to a specific feature of the present invention, the control information transfer control unit may receive the control information necessary for exchanging information with the external communication device by the second wireless communication means and hold it in the holding unit. As a result, the control information of the external communication device can be easily ported to its own holding part, thereby making it possible to share control information in both directions.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, the control information transfer control unit is activated in connection with a predetermined operation of the information exchange device. For example, when display means for displaying control information held by the holding part is provided, the control information transfer control unit is activated by the display means in connection with an operation for displaying the control information. Thereby, the function for control information sharing is activated, even if the operation for sharing control information is not particularly performed.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, the holding unit holds an information specifying signal specifying the control information to be held, and the holding information holding control unit transmits the information specifying signal by the second communication means to hold the holding unit. Control information to the external communication device. According to a more specific feature, the control information transfer control unit may check the control information held by the external communication device by receiving a specific signal specifying the control information from the second communication means. These make it easy to check the control information held by each other. Further, according to a more specific feature, when display means for displaying control information held by the holding unit is provided, the control information delivery control unit receives or transmits a specific signal in connection with an operation for displaying the control information. In this way, control information held by each other can be confirmed without any special operation.

According to another specific feature described above, when it is confirmed that the control information corresponding to the received specific signal is not held in the holding unit, the control information transfer control unit transmits the control information corresponding to the second communication means to the external communication. Received from the device and held in the holding unit. Thereby, the insufficient control information can be easily supplemented.

As the control information necessary for information exchange with an external communication device, control information that can be shared for multiple types of information exchange, control information for specific information exchange, information format information used for information exchange, and improved information thereof, etc. And the holding portion holds at least one of them.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, the control information transfer control unit receives, by the first wireless communication means, control information necessary for information exchange with an external communication device by the information exchange unit and retains it in the holding unit. It may be.

Specifically, the control information transfer control unit receives control information that cannot be received by the second radio communication unit by the first radio communication unit and holds it in the holding unit. The control information transfer control unit receives control information not held by an external communication device by the first radio communication unit and retains it in the holding unit. In addition, the control information transfer control unit receives the control information possible by the second wireless communication means, and then receives the control information by the first wireless communication means. As described above, when either information exchange device obtains control information from the first radio communication means by using the first radio communication means and the second radio communication means together, this is the other information exchange device by the second radio communication means. It is easily spread to.

Further, according to another feature of the present invention, there is provided a first wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device having a telephone function unit for sending and receiving a sign, a second wireless communication means different from this, and the second wireless communication. An information exchange unit for exchanging information with an external communication device by means, a control information transfer control unit for receiving, by the second wireless communication means, control information necessary for information exchange with an external communication device by the information exchange unit, and control information An information exchange apparatus is provided, which has a holding portion for holding control information received by the delivery control portion.

According to the above configuration, even if the control information necessary for information exchange is not downloaded by the first wireless communication means related to the telephone function or the like, the control information already obtained by the external communication device is acquired by the second wireless communication means. It can be easily implanted into the holding part.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device, an information exchange unit for exchanging information with an external communication device by the wireless communication means, and information with an external communication device. And a holding unit for holding the control information required for the exchange and an information specifying signal for specifying the control information, and a control information transfer control unit for transmitting the specific signal held by the holding unit to the external communication device by the wireless communication means. An information exchange apparatus is provided.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to easily transfer control information held by the communication device to the external communication device. According to a more specific feature, in response to the transmission of this information specifying signal, the control information transmitting control section receives, by the wireless communication means, the control information corresponding to the specified signal designated by the external communication device via the wireless communication means. Send to By this, first, all the specific information that the external communication device may need is transmitted, and among them, only the control information corresponding to the specific signal designated by the external communication device is transmitted to the external communication device by the wireless communication means. I can send it. This enables efficient sharing of control signals.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device, an information exchange unit for exchanging information with an external communication device by the wireless communication means, and information exchange with an external communication device. An information exchange apparatus is provided having a holding portion holding necessary control information and a control information transfer control portion for receiving an information specifying signal for specifying control information from an external communication device by a wireless communication means.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to easily check the control information held by the external communication device. According to a more specific feature, the control information transfer control unit designates desired one of specific signals received from the external communication device via the wireless communication means and transmits it to the external communication device by the wireless communication means. Thereby, necessary control information can be selected and the transmission can be requested to an external communication device.

According to a more specific feature, the control information transfer control unit can receive the corresponding control information from the external communication device and hold it in the holding unit by designating a specific signal, so that efficient control information can be obtained.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a radio communication means for communicating with an external communication device in connection with transmission of control information, and an information exchange unit for exchanging information with an external communication device by the radio communication means. And a holding unit holding control information necessary for exchanging information with an external communication device, and transmitting control information for transmitting information related to the control information to be held by the wireless communication means to an external communication device in connection with a predetermined operation. An information exchange apparatus having a control unit is provided.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention, in connection with the reception of control information, wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device, and an information exchange unit for exchanging information with an external communication device by the wireless communication means. And a control information transfer control unit for receiving control information necessary for information exchange with an external communication device from an external communication device by a wireless communication means in connection with a predetermined operation, and a holding unit for holding the received control information. An information exchange apparatus is provided.

In any of the above, the function for sharing control information is activated even if the operation for sharing control information is not particularly performed. Further, according to the specific feature described above, when display means for displaying control information held by the holding portion is provided, the control information transfer control portion operates in connection with an operation for displaying the control information by the display means. Therefore, the function for sharing control information is activated naturally in conjunction with the operation of confirming the control information by the display means.

Fourthly, in the conventional information exchange device, since the partner is necessary for information exchange, the conditions for using the function are complicated. Therefore, the degree of functionality that can be used by mobile telephone organizations such as games is not generalized.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide an information exchange device that can be used easily by a user without confusion.

MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM In order to solve the said subject, this invention provides the information exchange function part which exchanges information with an external communication device by the wireless communication means which communicates with an external communication device, an internal function part, an information exchange function part, A function selection operation unit for selecting a function of the internal function unit, judgment means for determining whether or not a condition for functioning the information exchange function unit is established, and a function selection operation unit for determining that the condition is not satisfied. Provided is an information exchange device having a control unit which disables selection of the information exchange function unit.

Thereby, the user can be prevented from being confused by selecting this in the function selection unit even though the condition for functioning the information exchange function unit is not established. Specifically, even if the user does not have knowledge of the conditions for establishing the information exchange function, the information exchange device can be used, and when the information exchange function is selected, the user may be confused by a failure when this does not function. Can be avoided.

Further, according to a specific feature of the present invention, the determining means has confirmation means for confirming the existence of an external communication device capable of communication by the wireless communication means, and this confirmation means cannot confirm the existence of an external communication device that can communicate. At this time, the selection of the information exchange function section by the function selection operation section is disabled. This makes it possible to prevent an unreasonable operation of selecting the function of the information exchange unit even though no external communication device capable of communicating exists.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, the determining means has grasping means for grasping the number of external communication devices capable of communication by the wireless communication means, and this grasping means can grasp a predetermined number or more of the external communication devices that can communicate. When it is impossible, selection of the information exchange function section by the function selection operation section is disabled. This makes it possible to prevent an unreasonable operation of selecting an information exchange function that does not hold unless a predetermined number or more of external communication devices exist, even if the condition is not established.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, the determining means has evaluation means for evaluating whether or not the number of external communication devices capable of communication by the wireless communication means is stable, and the external communication with which the evaluation means can communicate. When the number of devices cannot be evaluated to be stable, the selection of the information exchange function section by the function selection operation section is disabled. This makes it possible to prevent an unreasonable operation of selecting an information exchange function that does not hold unless a stable number of external communication devices exists, even if the condition is not established.

Further, according to another specific feature of the invention, the function selection operation portion has a display portion for displaying a selectable function, and when the determination means cannot determine the establishment of a condition, the display portion displays a display for the function of the information exchange function portion. Control not to be performed is performed. Thereby, unreasonable selection can be prevented naturally.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, when the determining means determines that the condition for making the information exchange function part is satisfied among the functions of the internal function part, the control part can select the information exchange function part by the function selection operation part. Let's do it. This can minimize the selection.

Further, according to another feature of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device, an information exchange function portion for exchanging information with an external communication device by a wireless communication means, and external communication by a wireless communication means. An information exchange apparatus is provided, comprising: an information receiver for receiving information on an information exchange function from a device, and a display unit for displaying a function possible by the function selector based on the information received by the information receiver. Thereby, the information on the information exchange function unit from the outside can be grasped.

In addition, according to the specific feature of the present invention, the display unit displays the in-flight information exchange function being performed by the external communication device based on the information received by the information receiving unit. As a result, it is possible to grasp the information exchange situation that is being performed externally, and to participate in this.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, there is provided a judging means for judging whether or not a condition for operating the information exchange function portion is established, and the display portion provides the judging means a function that is possible in the information exchange function portion based on the information. It is distinguishable from the information exchange function during implementation. Thereby, it is possible to distinguish whether or not the information exchange function is possible and whether or not the information exchange is actually performed externally by using this function. For example, the information exchange can be promoted to the outside based on the former. Based on the latter, it is possible to participate in the information exchange in progress.

In addition, according to another specific feature of the present invention, the display unit, based on the information received by the information receiving unit, the number of external information devices that use the information or the information exchange function for the conditions under which the information exchange function can be used. Displays information about the information exchange function during implementation, such as information about. These information can be used as a reference whether or not to participate in the information exchange in progress.

Further, according to another feature of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device, an information exchange function portion for exchanging information with an external communication device by a wireless communication means, and external communication by a wireless communication means. An information exchange advocate for transmitting an information exchange to the device and receiving a response thereof, and initiating information exchange by the wireless communication means to an external communication device of the responder based on a response received by the information exchange advocate; An information exchange apparatus is provided, which has a notification unit for notifying. Thereby, while exchanging information to the outside, this can be started.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device, an information exchange function portion for exchanging information with an external communication device by a wireless communication means, an existing information exchange function and a new one. There is provided an information exchange device comprising a function selection operation unit for selecting any one of information exchange functions requiring information, and an input operation unit for inputting information necessary for an information exchange function requiring new information. As a result, various information exchanges are possible, information can be easily exchanged using existing information exchange functions, and information can be exchanged by freely inputting information if desired.

Further, according to a specific feature of the present invention, an information exchange device having the above features further comprises a telephone function unit for communication and sign language, and the wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device based on the telephone function unit. Has a different means of wireless telephone communication. As a result, the information exchange device of the present invention can be used as a normal cellular phone, and various information exchanges as described above can be performed.

Further, according to the specific feature of the present invention, the information exchange function unit can communicate with an external communication device also by the radiotelephone communication means, and the information exchange function and the radio communication means and the radio only by the radio communication means. It has a function selection operation part which selects any one of the information exchange functions which use telephone communication means together. As a result, various information exchanges are possible.

Further, according to a specific feature of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device, an information exchange function portion for exchanging information with an external communication device by the wireless communication means, and observing the progress of the information exchange. There is provided an information exchange device having a function selection operation unit for selecting any one of a simple information exchange function and an information exchange function participating in the progress of the information exchange, and a display unit for displaying the progress of the information exchange. This enables participation in various information exchanges.

Further, according to the specific feature of the present invention, the progress indication of the information exchange in the display unit differs depending on the selection by the function selection operation unit. This makes it possible to display progress of information exchange suitable for the case of observation only and the case of participation, respectively. For example, in the case of participation, one's behavior affects progress, which may increase the exchange of information by deliberately delaying the progress indication.

Further, according to another specific feature of the present invention, there is provided a control unit which disables selection by the function selection operation unit in accordance with the progress of information exchange. As a result, for example, new participation in a state where information exchange has advanced to some extent can be prohibited or confusion can be prevented.

Fifth, in the conventional information exchange device, the information involved in the information exchange in which the opponent exists becomes more complicated than the functions available in the cellular phone organization such as games, so that there is room for improvement in the display. there was.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide an information exchange device that has increased the significance of information exchange by research of display.

MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM In order to solve the said subject, this invention is based on the wireless communication means which communicates with an external communication apparatus, the information exchange function part which exchanges information with an external communication apparatus by this wireless communication means, and based on information exchange. And a display control unit which displays the display unit differently depending on whether or not the information collection by the information exchange function unit has ended. As a result, a display different from the display of the result of the information exchange can be performed on the information exchange diagram, and the entertainment of the display such as a game enjoying the progress can be enhanced.

Further, according to a specific feature of the present invention, information display is restricted until the information collection is completed by the information exchange function unit. More specifically, the information display by the display unit is delayed until the information collection is completed. Alternatively, a condition is placed on the execution of the information display by the display unit, such as not displaying if a predetermined condition is not satisfied, such as reaching a game item until the information collection is completed. By deliberately limiting the information of the progress of the game by these means, when participating in a game or the like in which a large number is involved, the interest of reading the movements of others is increased.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device, an information exchange function portion for exchanging information with an external communication device by the wireless communication means, and display based on the information exchange. There is provided an information exchange apparatus comprising: a display portion for performing a display, a display control portion for controlling display, and a selection operation portion for selecting whether or not to limit information display by the display control portion. This makes it possible to restrict the display of information arbitrarily, and to study the direction in information exchange in a game or the like.

Further, according to the specific feature of the present invention, the display control unit delays the information display when the restriction of the information display is selected by the selection operation unit. According to another specific feature, the display control unit attaches a condition to the information display when the restriction of the information display is selected by the selection operation unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device, an information exchange function portion for exchanging information with an external communication device by the wireless communication means, and display based on the information exchange. And a display control unit for selecting whether to provide information or to obtain only information exchange results in the information exchange by the information exchange function unit, and a display control unit for different display of the display unit based on the selection by the selection operation unit. An information exchange apparatus is provided.

For example, when it is selected to provide information by the selection operation unit, the setting for delaying information display by the display unit is made selectable. Alternatively, when the provision of information by the selection operation unit is selected, the setting for attaching a condition to the information display is selectable. With this feature, for example, when participating in a game, providing information and participating in the development of the game, by limiting the display, it is possible to increase the excitement such as reading other people's movements, and only the information exchange result. In the case of participation by the type to be acquired, various display settings such as watching the situation in real time are possible.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device, an information exchange function portion for exchanging information with an external communication device by the wireless communication means, and display based on the information exchange. There is provided an information exchange apparatus having a display section for performing a display unit and a display control section for differentiating a relationship between information exchange execution by the information exchange function unit and information display execution by the display unit.

Further, according to the specific feature of the present invention, the display control unit delays the execution of the information display by the display unit after the information exchange by the information exchange function unit is executed. According to another specific feature of the present invention, the display control unit does not execute information display by the display unit if a predetermined condition is not satisfied even when information exchange by the information exchange function unit is executed. As described above, the relationship between the information exchange execution by the information exchange function unit and the information display execution by the display unit can be different from each other, thereby increasing the exchange of information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication means for communicating with a plurality of external communication devices, an information exchange function portion for exchanging information with an external communication device by means of wireless communication means, and a plurality of An information exchange apparatus is provided having a wireless communication control unit for different aspects of information exchange with a plurality of external communication apparatuses in cases where an external communication apparatus is unspecified or specified.

For example, when a plurality of external communication devices are unspecified, the wireless communication control unit exchanges information by the information exchange function unit on a first-come, first-served basis, and when the plurality of external communication devices is specified, the information in a predetermined allocation time zone. Information exchange is performed by the exchange function unit. For example, based on such an aspect, the information exchange mode with the plurality of external communication devices is different from the case where the plurality of external communication devices are unspecified in the information exchange and in the case where the information is specified, and thus between the plurality of external communication devices. The optimal information exchange according to the situation can be performed.

Further, according to a specific feature of the present invention, the information exchange device having the above features further comprises a telephone function unit for communication and sign language, and the wireless communication means for communicating with an external communication device based on the telephone function unit. Has a different means of wireless telephone communication. As a result, the information exchange device of the present invention can be used as a normal cellular phone, and various information exchanges as described above can be performed.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the present invention is disclosed as a device capable of GUI by the display unit and the operation unit, and it is easy to send information and attempt to collect response information by inputting a questionnaire or an option into a template displayed on the display unit. It is described as possible. In addition, when distributing the processing result of the collected response information to a response source, existing things, such as a graph, can also be used also about the display layout of a processing result.

However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to these. For example, as the information specifying signal, various information specifying signals to which information contents can be assigned can be employed, as well as IDs for designating existing templates and existing display layouts described in the embodiments. In addition, as general-purpose information common to information shared with external communication devices or other information, a template and a display layout prepared in advance are disclosed in Examples, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to these examples. The present invention can be practiced in various combinations between shared information and information that an external device does not have, or various relationships of individual information to general-purpose information.

While the present invention has been described with respect to preferred embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the disclosed invention can be modified in many ways and contemplates many embodiments other than those specifically disclosed and described above. will be. Accordingly, it is intended that the appended claims cover all modifications of the invention that fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

1 is a block diagram showing a first example of a game device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an external appearance front view in a state where the first embodiment of the folding cellular phone is opened.

3 is a display screen of a game according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a display screen diagram of a game according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first control unit 10 to enter the game.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing details of a game participation process in step S28 of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the details of the game window processing in step S30 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of a game process which is 100 in step S53 of FIG. 6 and step S103 of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of a real-time display game process in step S112 of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of the condition display game process in step S111 of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing details of an original game deduction process in step S92 of FIG. 7.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing details of normal game processing in step S36 of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing details of a wide-range game process in step S109 of FIG. 8.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing details of the game data update process in step S26 of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing details of game data reception registration processing in steps S250 and S256 of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing details of statistical processing in step S120 of FIGS. 9, 10, and 12.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing details of transmission of initial information to all participants in the step S114 of FIGS. 9, 10, and 12;

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing details of statistical result display processing in step S123 or step S144 of FIGS. 9, 10, and 12;

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing details of a part of processing in the flowcharts of FIGS. 7 and 8; FIG.

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Claims (20)

An information exchange device that can exchange information with a plurality of external devices, A first wireless communication unit including a telephone transmitter and a telephone receiver for wireless telephone communication with one of the external devices; A second wireless communication unit other than the first wireless communication unit; A transmitter configured to transmit initial information to the plurality of external devices through the second wireless communication unit; A processing unit configured to process response information from the plurality of external devices received through the second wireless communication unit in response to the initial information; And Distribution unit configured to distribute the result information from the processing unit to the plurality of external devices via the second wireless communication unit Information exchange device comprising a. The method of claim 1, And a control unit configured to transmit the information regarding the response information to the external device capable of synthesizing the transmitted information through the first wireless communication unit, and to receive the synthesis information from the external device through the first wireless communication unit. Including, And the distribution unit is further configured to distribute the composite information to the remaining plurality of external devices through the second wireless communication unit. The method of claim 2, And the information on the response information is result information from the processing unit. The method of claim 2, And the information on the response information is the response information itself. The method of claim 1, And a control unit configured to receive the initial information from an external device through the first wireless communication unit. The method of claim 1, The initial information includes a first portion shared with the external devices and a second portion that is selectively determinable with respect to the first portion, wherein the information exchange device is configured to determine the second portion of the initial information. And a display portion configured to display the first portion and the second portion of the operation portion and the initial information. The method of claim 1, And the initial information includes a questionnaire portion and a set of prepared selection portions that respond to the questionnaire portion. The method of claim 1, A selection unit configured to select that the calling unit functions, a determining unit configured to determine whether a condition for the calling unit to function is satisfied, and the selection unit may select the calling unit if the determining unit determines that the condition is not satisfied. And a control unit configured to be free. An information exchange device that can exchange information with a plurality of external devices, A wireless communication unit; A transmitter configured to send initial information including a first part shared with the external devices and a second part selectively determinable with respect to the first part to the plurality of external devices via the wireless communication unit; An operation unit configured to determine the second portion of the initial information; And A display unit configured to display a first portion and a second portion of the initial information Information exchange device comprising a. The method of claim 9, And another wireless communication unit including a telephone call unit and a telephone receiver for wireless telephone communication with one of the external devices, wherein the initially mentioned wireless communication unit is different from the wireless communication unit mentioned later. The method of claim 9, And wherein the first portion comprises an identification of the initial information and the second portion comprises contents of the initial information. The method of claim 9, And the initial information includes a questionnaire portion and a set of prepared selections that respond to the questionnaire portion. The method of claim 12, A processing unit configured to process the selection portion received through the wireless communication unit under selection by the plurality of external devices in response to the questionnaire portion, and the result information from the processing unit to the plurality of external devices via the wireless communication unit. An information exchange apparatus further comprising a distribution unit configured to distribute. The method of claim 13, And wherein each of the questionnaire portion and the selection portion comprises a first portion comprising an identification of the initial information and a second portion comprising the contents of the initial information. The method of claim 14, And the processing unit is configured to process, by the first portion including the ID, the selection portion received through the wireless communication unit. An information exchange device that can exchange information with a plurality of external devices, A wireless communication unit; An information exchange unit configured to exchange information with the plurality of external devices via the wireless communication unit; A selection unit configured to select that the information exchange unit functions; A judging unit, configured to judge whether a condition for the information exchange unit to function is satisfied; And A control unit configured to prevent the selection unit from selecting the information exchange unit if the determination unit determines that the condition is not satisfied. Information exchange device comprising a. The method of claim 16, The condition is that there is at least one external device capable of exchanging information. The method of claim 17, And said condition is a number of said external devices capable of exchanging information. The method of claim 18, And said condition is that said number of said external devices capable of exchanging information is stable. The method of claim 16, And said condition is that there is at least one external device agreeing to said information exchange.

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